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pulicords
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I just watched the first two episodes of "Valley of Tears" on HBO Max. To say I was impressed would be an understatement!!! It is nothing short of outstanding and certainly compares favorably with our "Band of Brothers", in terms of realism of combat (centering this week on a couple tank crews and a lightly defended intelligence outpost), acting, direction, production values, and history. It's about the Yom Kippur War of 1973, and explores a number of areas of Israeli history and culture that I wasn't aware of such, as the presence of Arab-Israeli soldiers and their contribution on the battlefield. Certainly not for family viewing, due to violence, nudity, and "mature themes", I'd highly recommend it to SF members and I'm eagerly awaiting the episodes which will be offered on a weekly basis.

https://www.hbomax.com/coming-soon/valley-of-tears


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I just watched the first two episodes of "Valley of Tears" on HBO Max. To say I was impressed would be an understatement!!! It is nothing short of outstanding and certainly compares favorably with our "Band of Brothers", in terms of realism of combat (centering this week on a couple tank crews and a lightly defended intelligence outpost), acting, direction, production values, and history. It's about the Yom Kippur War of 1973, and explores a number of areas of Israeli history and culture that I wasn't aware of such, as the presence of Arab-Israeli soldiers and their contribution on the battlefield. Certainly not for family viewing, due to violence, nudity, and "mature themes", I'd highly recommend it to SF members and I'm eagerly awaiting the episodes which will be offered on a weekly basis.

https://www.hbomax.com/coming-soon/valley-of-tears


Trailer looks very interesting. Sub titles are so common these days it makes little difference to me. On my watch list.


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I finally got a chance to watch this, and was extremely impressed. It primarily follows a few different armor/infantry/intelligence soldiers of the IDF while they're trying to defend against the surprise Syrian invasion of the Golan Heights during the chaotic and near-disastrous early days of the 1973 Yom Kippur War.

Well worth checking out, if you have HBO Max.

(English dubbed audio is available, but as usual, I recommend sticking with the original Hebrew with English subtitles.)

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Some nice Centurion action. I was wanting the intel weenie to step on a mine or something.


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